The July C&C3 podcast has hit the streets, featuring Apoc, executive producer Mike Verdu, and legendary LARPer (and lead designer) Jason Bender. There's some nice little "colour" talk about the team members bashing each other in GDI-v-GDI-v-GDI multiplayer, Mike Verdu has a good overview on Tiberium in C&C3's world, there's talk of Silos, Tiberium Storms (which we read about in the designer diary a couple of days ago). Notable mentions are:
Silos are IN, and you can steal enemy money out of them.
80% of the world's population lives in Yellow Zones
Zone Troopers (possibly among other infantry units) aren't vulnerable to Tiberium fields, but others are.
Red Zones have a lot of Tiberium, so expect higher-money battles with faster powering-up.
Even totally farmed-out fields of Tiberium will eventually grow back, but you can't just expect to nurse your "starter" field through a whole match. Tiberium harvesting is faster in the begining of the match when there's a lot of it on the map.
Nod plays the "good guys" (sorta) in the Yellow Zones, where they bring food etc. to the neglected poor folk who live there. Champions of the oppressed and all that, yadda yadda.
EA is trying to make C&C3 a "fast-paced" game
Multiple refineries and harvesters are absolutely back in, and GDI has "familiar tactics still available".
Fan feedback (that's YOU) about the initial Tiberium shots showing "big crystals" has been heard and Mike Verdu said they made the (harvestable) crystals smaller.
Mike Verdu says he "comes across as GDI", but he's "subversive at heart". Jason Bender says, "Peace Through Power - Nod has style".
At Leipzig, EA will be showcasing the first real-time multiplayer GDI versus Nod match, and there will be a "big announcement" that Mike Verdu thinks "will mean a *lot* to Command & Conquer fans"
One of the factions will have an "interesting, unique" and "tactical" use of Tiberium - that you'll want to be "very close to Tiberium when you're using their units"
Hmmm... Big announcement... Could it be the big K? It's pure speculation on my part, but if you're going to the Leipzig show, may I suggest you memorize the following lines:
(Preacher) In the Name of Kane!
(Chorus) Kane lives in death!
(Preacher) In the Name of Kane!
(Chorus) Kane lives in death!
(Preacher) In the Name of Kane!
(Chorus) Kane lives in death!
(The Big K) KANE LIVES!
You know, just keep the refrain handy, just in the back of your head, in case you find yourself needing it (it's great at weddings, bar mitzvahs, funerals, high school reunions, etc.).
via Planet C&C
